Three-wheeled vehicle



C S l.- C N A R F l W a m M 0 W THREE WHEELED VEHICLE.

No. 395,388. Patented Jan. 1, 1889.

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VILLIAM J. FRANCISCO, OF OERESCO, MICHIGAN.

THREE WHEELED VEHICLE.

To aZZ whom, it may concern.-

justed for heavy or light persons by thus Be it known that I, \VILLIAM J. FRANcIsoo,

changing the leverage on the springs.

At a are braces to the curved part of the seat-bars, and c are leather straps sustaining the forward en d of the body from the crossbar of the thills. The thills are shackled to the axle the same as in, afour-wheeled vehicle, and hence there is no horse motion.

The three-wheeled vehicle is lighter and easier of draft than a four-wheeled vehicle, and has all the conveniences of a two-wheeled vehicle, aside from the additional advantages derived from having the third wheel.

Ceresco, county of Calhoun, State of Michigan, have invented a new and useful Three- \Vheeled Vehicle, of which the following is a specification.

The object of this invention is to prod ucea three-wheeled vehicle for use with a horse the same the ordinary two-wheeled vehicles are used.

In the drawings formin a part of this specification, Figure 1 is a side elevation with one wheel removed; Fig. 2, a plan, and Fig. 3 is a rear view of the seat.

eferring to the letters of reference marked on the drawings, 1* is the wheeled axle; B, the thills, and D the seat-bars or body elastically supported over the axle.

Thus far described the construction coustitutes a two-wheeled vehicle or road-cart somewhat like those in common use. At a: a thimble, in which is swiveled the pendent bar bearing the third whwel of the ve hicle. The thimble :r is attached to the axle by rods r, and these rods are braced by the V-brace r, attached to them and to the center of the axle r, Fig. 2. The seat-bars or body is supported by the springs A, which are attached to the axle, circle around the same, bow forward, upward, and, rearward beneath the seat, thence downwa rd and rearward, and are attached to the thimble At 0 U the springs A are re-enlorced and provided with a series of holes, as in Fig. 1. Into these holes the threaded ends of the seatbolsters u are inserted. Nuts are to be I screwed onto the ends of the bolsters u, or

I claim is- 1. III a vehicle, the combination of the axle, the thills shackled thereto, a body or seatbars, the springs bowing from the axle upward and rearward and supporting the bed" or seat, thence extending rearward and downward, a thimble attached to the ends of said springs, rods attached to said thimble and to he axle, and a bar bearing a wheel swiveled in said thiinble, substantially set forth.

2. The combination of the axle, the springs, the third wheel, and the body tlexibl y hung at the forward end and adjustablysupported at the rear end by the springs, substantially as set forth.

The combination of the body flexibly hung at the forward end, the upwardly-bowed springs having the re-enforced port-ions with series of holes, and the bolsters attached beheath the seat to the body and adjustably connected at their ends with said holes, sub stantially as set forth.

In testimony of the foregoing I have hereunto subscribed my name in presence of two keys may be employed; or the ends of the witnesses.

bolsters may be otherwise attached to the WM. J. FRANCISCO. springs, either adjustably or not, or the seat \Vitnesses:

may be directly attached to the springs. J. F. OARNES 7 W'hen made as in Fig. 1, the seat can be ad- GEORGE INGERSOLL.

l-lfaving thus described my invention, what 

